Funny / The Pacific

• In Part 1, a brief bit of downtime lets the Marines enjoy some letters from home. Leckie's folks ask if he wants his dress blues shipped to the front. The men laugh at the absurdity of dress balls at a time like this:
  Bud "Runner" Conley: Hey, if we do have a ball, can I be your date?
  Leckie: You are ugly. I want Hoosier.
  Hoosier: [nonchalant] Take a number.
• The rousing rendition of "How fucked are you now?" from Part 1 to the tune of "Happy Birthday to You"
• The landings on Guadalcanal are built up to be a Saving Private Ryan-esque moment, with the Marines embarking on their landing craft while warships fire at targets inland and planes buzz overhead. Close-ups of the men are shown steeling themselves for a hard landing and the ramp swings down... to reveal other Marines lounging on the beach and sarcastically welcoming them to Guadalcanal, as the initial landings there were relatively unopposed.
• On Guadalcanal, after the Marines are stealing supplies and stuff from the Army during an air raid, one of the NCOs shown talking to Leckie about the moccasins he's stolen from an Army captain's footlocker...while sitting in a jeep loaded down with boxes of Army rations and cradling a case of looted Johnnie Walker.
• In Part 2, Leckie steals some canned peaches for the squad. Unfortunately, he eats too fast and then vomits, leading to this exchange:
  Runner (While Leckie vomits): "Peaches". Your new name is "Peaches".
  Leckie (Gagging/laughing): Fuck you!
  Runner: You got it, Peaches!
  • Later, while Runner (who has the runs) is back on his log/toilet:
    Leckie: Hey Runner! Your new name is "Old Faithful".
    Runner: Fuck you, Peaches.
• In Part 3, the Marines go AWOL while on liberty in Australia, allowing them to cut loose in town, with hilarious results. The very next day starts with the ridiculously hungover Marines awakened with a reveille and summoned to morning roll call, and one of them awesomely faceplants onto the ground. The equally nauseated CO just mumbles "company dismissed" in response.
• John Basilone almost throwing up on his own Medal of Honor citation.
• "Tojo and Fuckface", as shown here. Also, the drill instructor's remark to Sledge beforehand about hitting "Bob", one of the friendly mannequins on the same range the former are located in.
  "What happened, Sledge? You find out "Bob" was drilling your girlfriend? "Dave" wouldn't give you any more hand jobs? What was it?!"
• Gunny Haney's "Woof" in Part 6, after stating there was no way a dog could alert the Marines to the Japanese before he could. He even managed to make the Marines crack up.
  Snafu: (laughing) What the fuck was that?
  • From Episode 5, it starts raining and Gunny Haney decides to take a shower outside. He starts waxing philosophically about the strength of the Corps...then it stops raining before he can rinse.
    Gunney Haney: Don't you quit on me now fucker!
• Snafu in general borders between this and Nightmare Fuel, with many of his antics so absurd during warfare that they double as Crosses the Line Twice and Black Comedy. His Deadpan Snarker tendencies, mixed with his constant desire to troll anybody around him, helps keep some of the darker moments a little lighter.
• Back on Peleliu:
  Snafu: Ain't supposed to write that shit down. Gives the Japs valuable intel if they find it.
  Sledge: Guess I won't show it to them then.
• In Part 7, Jay De L'Eau sits down by a cave entrance to take care of his business. His encounter with the two Japanese soldiers hiding inside turns into a morbid CMoF:
  Jay: I shit my pants! Those bastards made me shit myself!
  Snafu: You left a trail, boy. They're gonna find us for sure now.
• When Snafu makes a lewd comment about Peck's picture, Sledge reprimands him for talking about a man's wife that way... then looks at the picture and promptly says "I'd marry her."
• In Part 10, after serving an additional six months in China, Burgin, Snafu and Sledge are on a train home together. Snafu hits on a female passenger, only to be promptly slapped for his efforts:
  Snafu: How 'bout I take you to the back of the train and you show me your caboose?
  • "Feisty!"
• Leckie: "You know why I fought? Television."